释义 |
ˈill-ˈtimed, a. [f. ill adv. + timed, pa. pple. of time v.] Badly timed; occurring or done at an inappropriate time; unseasonable.
1692Vindication Pref. A ij b, How can Zeal for so good a thing..be ever Ill-timed? 1725Pope Odyss. xv. 78 The ill-tim'd efforts of officious love. 1791Cowper Iliad vi. 399 Thy sullen humours, Paris, are ill-timed. 1838Thirlwall Greece V. 93 Agesilaus..saw that such severity would be now very ill-timed. |